MODIFICATION
D -- FSME Agreement State Website
- Notice Date
- 9/24/2013
- Notice Type
- Modification/Amendment
- NAICS
- 541511
— Custom Computer Programming Services
- Contracting Office
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office of Administration, Division of Contracts, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland, 20852-2738, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20852-2738
- Solicitation Number
- NRC-09-20-2013
- Archive Date
- 11/12/2013
- Point of Contact
- Sandra R. Nesmith,
- E-Mail Address
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sandra.nesmith@nrc.gov
(sandra.nesmith@nrc.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- THE U. S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION (NRC) is issuing this Sources Sought Synopsis as a means of conducting market research or as a market survey to determine the availability of potential qualified vendors with the technical capability to provide all management, supervision, administration, and labor for the operation and maintenance of the Office of Federal and State Materials and Environmental Management Programs (FSME) Agreement States website. The NRC, in close partnership with other Federal Agencies, Agreement States, non-Agreement States, licensees, and the public, implements the National Materials Program to enable the safe and secure use of radioactive materials in medical, industrial, and academic applications for beneficial use. A total of 37 states have formal agreements with the NRC under the Atomic Energy Act (AEA) of 1954 in which they have assumed regulatory responsibility over byproduct material, source material, and small quantities of nuclear material. The NRC (1) reviews the Agreement State programs to ensure their compatibility with NRC's standards for regulation of such material and to ensure they are adequate to protect the public health and safety with respect to the materials covered by the Agreement, (2) assists the States in the formulation of standards, (3) provides technical assistance and training to Agreement States, and (4) collects and consolidates information obtained and makes it available to Congress and to the public. Since 1995, information on the Agreement State programs has been accessible via a website, the Agreement State Information Base. This website houses a collection of 16 years of information on Agreement State programs and activities. The NRC seeks contractor support to assist in communications with the Agreement States, non-Agreement States, and the public on routine program issues, policies, information, and overall NRC policy. This communications support shall help the NRC in fulfilling its statutorily mandated responsibility under Section 274 of the AEA to assure that the states and NRC programs will be coordinated and compatible. This communications support shall also include maintaining an information base and the FSME Homepage in an effort to continue to provide prompt retrieval of Agreement State information. These electronic communications have become an essential part of the FSME operations. Specific activities include: (1) determining if a new website should be constructed on a new system or if the existing website can be migrated to a new system; (2) establishing the infrastructure to support the new website and implement the new website on the new system; (3) migrating the data from the existing system to the new system; (4) re-establishing existing users in the new system; (5) and providing system hosting (public and secure)in accordance with the requirements of the Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002 (FISMA)) and operational support, maintenance, and user and help desk support. These objectives will support the business practices needed for improved security of radioactive materials. Services are to be provided to the NRC in Rockville, Maryland. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code assigned to this procurement is 541511. THERE IS NO SOLICITATION AT THIS TIME. This request for sources and vendor information does not constitute a request for proposal; submission of any information in response to this market survey is purely voluntary; the Government assumes no financial responsibility for any costs incurred The purpose of this announcement is to provide potential sources the opportunity to submit information regarding their capabilities to perform work for the NRC free of conflict of interest (COI). For information on NRC COI regulations, visit NRC Acquisition Regulation Subpart 2009.5 (http://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/contracting/48cfr-ch20.html). All interested parties, including all categories of small businesses (small businesses, small disadvantaged businesses, 8(a) firms, women-owned small businesses, service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses, and HUBZone small businesses) are invited to submit a response. The capabilities package submitted by a vendor should demonstrate the firm's ability, capability, and responsibility to perform the principal components of work listed below. The package should also include past performance/experience regarding projects of similar scope listing the project title, general description, the dollar value of the contract, and name of the company, agency, or government entity for which the work was performed. Organizations responding to this market survey should keep in mind that only focused and pertinent information is requested. If significant subcontracting or teaming is anticipated in order to deliver technical capability, organizations should address the administrative and management structure of such arrangements. Submission of additional materials such as glossy brochures or videos is discouraged. REQUIRED CAPABILITIES: 1. Familiarity and knowledge of NRC operations and the Agreement State Program. 2. Ability to provide public and secure system hosting in accordance with the requirements of the Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002 (FISMA). HOW TO RESPOND TO THIS SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE If your organization has the capability and capacity to perform, as a prime contractor, one or more of the services described in this notice, then please respond to this notice and provide written responses to the following information. Please do not include any proprietary or otherwise sensitive information in the response, and do not submit a proposal. Proposals submitted in response to this notice will not be considered. 1. Organization name, address, emails address, Web site address and telephone number. 2. What size is your organization with respect to NAICS code identified in this notice (i.e. "small" or "other than small")? If your organization is a small business under the aforementioned NAICS code, what type of small business (i.e. small disadvantaged business, woman-owned small business, economically disadvantaged woman-owned small business, veteran-owned small business, service-disabled veteran-owned small business, 8(a), or HUBZone small business? Specify all that apply. 3. Although no geographic restriction is anticipated, if responding organizations are located outside the Washington Metropolitan area (Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia), indicate how the organization would coordinate with the NRC program office located in Rockville, Maryland to provide the support services. 4. Separately and distinctly describe which of the required capabilities listed above that your organization possesses and indicate your organization's role (prime contractor, first tier subcontractor, and/or supplier) in related contracts. Please also provide the contract number, contract type, customer name, address and point of contact phone number and email address, contract value, thorough description of supplies and services included in the scope of that contract, indication of how they differ from the required capabilities described in this notice, period of performance (for services) or delivery date (for products), and any other relevant information. 5. For Electronic and Information Technology (EIT) product offerings relevant to this requirement provide completed Voluntary Product Accessibility templates or other documentation that addresses compliance with the applicable standards (add website link) for those products. For any federal customers that your agency has provided information technology services within the required capabilities areas, indicate how your company complies with applicable Section 508 standards (see buyaccesible.gov). 6. For any federal customers that your agency has for the required capabilities, indicate how your company complies with applicable environmental laws and Federal regulations (See NRC's Green Purchasing Plan at: http://pbadupws.nrc.gov/docs/ML1219/ML12191A130.pdf). 7. Indicate whether your organization offers any of the required capabilities described in this notice on one or more of your company's own Federal Government contracts (i.e., GSA Federal Supply Schedule contract or Government wide Acquisition Contracts) that the NRC could order from and, if so, which services are offered. Also, provide the contract number(s) and indicate what is currently available for ordering from each of those contract(s). 8. Provide a standard, non-proprietary commercial price list or similar standard non-proprietary commercial pricing information for how your company sells, as a prime contractor, required capabilities described in this notice that your organization has experience providing. Also, indicate what is included in that pricing. 9. Is your organization currently performing or have in the past performed same or similar services as those listed above for any of the licensees regulated by the NRC? If so, which licensees? See http://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/regulatory/licensing.html for more information on NRC licensing. 10. Has your organization previously faced organizational conflict of interest issues with NRC? If so, what were they and how were they mitigated or resolved? Interested organizations responding to this Sources Sought Synopsis are encouraged to structure capability statements in the order of the area of consideration noted above. All capability statements sent in response to this notice must be submitted electronically, via e-mail, to Sandra.nesmith@nrc.gov, in either MS Word or Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF), by October 28, 2013. DISCLAIMER AND NOTES: Any organization responding to this notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed to allow the Government to determine the organization's potential capability and capacity to perform the subject work. Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted. After a review of the responses received, a pre-solicitation synopsis and solicitation may be published in Federal Business Opportunities. However, responses to this notice will not be considered adequate responses to a solicitation.
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